I mean, it's life. Lower your expectations. (源自《破产姐妹》第1季,第19集,Max和Caroline决定去度春假,那意味着去一栋曼哈顿豪华公寓给一对夫妇照看小狗!但Caroline并不满足于公寓范围内的活动。)
【翻译】人生就是如此,别总是期望过高。
【短语】
lower one's expectations:降低某人的期望,引申为期望过高。
【例句】
There are always two ways to be happier: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.
总有两种方法会让你更加开心:改善现实或降低希望。
Students hold that the highest expectations of happiness of love relationship, marriage, and family, but unexpectedly much lower expectations about work, life and salary.
大学生在对幸福生活的期待上,爱情、婚姻、家庭幸福的期望值最高。而对工作、生活、收入的期望值都比笔者想象的低很多,对自我的肯定值也偏低。